Mark 6:28

New English Translation

He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:7

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head. Taking his head, they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

2 Kings 10:8

The messenger came and told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

Matthew 14:8

Instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

Mark 6:27

So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

Mark 6:29

When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.